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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-07

English Girl, Converts to M6rmonism, Beg
Their Way Back from Utah.
John Brennan, chief gate-keeper at the
Pennsylvania railroad station in Jersey
City, yesterday afternoon noticed young
woman who had arrived on train from the
West, and who seemed to be at loss what
to do. He questioned her, and after a
while succeeded in learning her story. Her
name, nam she said, was Eleanor PASTOR. Sew
eral months ago she and sixteen other young
women came from Cornwall, England, with
party OF Mormon converts. The party was
in charge of Elder Bascom. On arriving in
Salt Lake City, Eleanor and a friend named
Amelia Clegg, delicate young woman, were
assigned 70 Elder Bascom, and were taken
:, Thereth found three of the elders wives,
the Oldest of whom is described by Miss
Pastor as an ''old hag with violent tenn
per-" The new arrivals did not like the
prospect and resolved to make their escape
and It was understood that the next day the
ceremony Of sealing them to the elder
would be performed. They then tore the
bed-clothing into strips and lowered them
selves out of the window. Wandering
elder to whom they told their story. tor; wells Wells
took pity on them, and agreed to aid them
In escaping from the city. He took them TO
. stable and dressed them in male attire
which had been worn by two of his
farm farT.hands. A they were leaving the
Elder Bascom appeared and asked Wells
Il he had seen the two young women.
He answered that he had not, and, turning
to the disguised and trembling females, COM
menced giving thew some instructions about
the work they were to do that day on the
farm: Bascom left and Wells started the
females in the direction of the depot, after
providing them with some money. They
boarded train and got safely away. When
they thought they were at safe distance
they confided their secret to some ladies, and
were furnished with suitable wearing apparel.
One of the ladies, who lived in Omaha, tOoka
fancy to iss Clegg and offered to provide Q
home for her. The offer was thankfully
accepted. Miss Paston came on to New York.
she said she had friend named Mrs. Griffin
IN South Eighth street, Brooklyn, E. D.
HsU York Tribune.
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tlnct thing from the Wit Of the English;
there was little wit In Shakespeare In the sense
Of sharp, pithy sayings, but he has humor 20
nicely and broadly diffdsed that you hardly
know where the line divides II from the rest
OF his composition. Falstaff does not make
many points; he is humorous in quantities
and In general, and he has lasted 800 years.
Mark Twain has humor, and, better than
that, dramatic descriptive power; his humor
often is fierce and sardonic, but told with Q
smile which gives IL to some On aspect Of
merriment. The basis of his humor Is In the
irreverence of our new, fresh people for
whatever is conservative and settled. To
make Jest Of Adam suits part of our age,
but he who made q jest of Noah was cursed
In his children's children. Mark Twain
probably had beneath the surface the gem
eral money-making instinct of the Ameri-
cans--and as he has gone forward in this
occupation, he reminds one Of Billy Burton,
the comedian and manager, who became
rich, and still made people laugh who saw
him before the footlights while in reality he
was hard creditor and good deal of mer-
chant, even in his humor. He had his name
put to cyclopedia of wit and humor most
OF the work of which was done by plain hire
hngs. The humor Which lasts long while
Is founded upon something universal in
human nature and not upon the mere tenn
per of the day.
The most scientific Of our hu morists,
whose humor was that of an educated man
and trained one, was Lieutenant Derby, of
the regular army, whose writing name was
Iohn Phenix. He had been with the regu-
lar troops in California and at all the dis
tant posts, and wrote his humor for his
fellow-oficers and for the incidental society
which assembled around the barracks. It was
his intimate knowledge of all the techni-
cality of the service, of the jokes of the mess,
Of the personality of the officers and of the
odd and pioneer condition of things at that
time which caused him to become the won-
der of the army.
have often marveled that the American
officers did not do something more for liter
ature; but in reality our army Is kept at
such small figure, on account of the parsi-
mony Of the politicians, that nearly every
body in 1t Is overworked at his ordinary
duties.
GEORGE ArPRpn Tovwsvun
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fall dead at the thought. The fare for
ride on these vehicles Is only a cent
or two of American money, and that is
why they are 30 crowded and 80 numer-
GUS. The picture gives one an idea of
the conglomeration seen on an average
"carry-all" There are other sights along
the road which cannot help but amuse and
attract the attention Of . stranger; per-
haps the greatest Of the sights is the
large strings of macaroni hung out to
dry. The greatest factories Of macaroni
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of your ride. They are kind of
private omnibus. Each driver owns
his own vehicle, and 1t consists of
very light two-wheel cart drawn
by one horse. The driver sits on
little seat on the shaft, while opposite
him is one passenger, and four people can
sit on the shafts between the horses tail
and the first regular seat. These latter
are three regular" seats or boards
stretched across the wagon quite high
up. Then there is another seat behind
these, and in this the passengers sit with
their backs to the horse. Then again
there is sort of step hanging ON be-
hind; on this two more passengers
can sit. The total number to be &C.
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A TREES APPEAL.

II Was Effective and Saved the Old Land
mark from Being Cut Down.
In the etown of Medford, Mass, there stands
in the carriage-wsy Of the high street great
sim, very old but perfectly thrifty, and one
Of the most beautiful specimens Of it, kind,
Not long ago the selectmen Of the town had
reached the conclusion that, owing to the
b. best to have the old tree cut down.
The news that the tree was to be sacrificed
spread about the village, and some, OF the
Affection for the old landmark, began 70
agitate aesinst its destruction. No ersst
amount Of feeling was aroused, however.
until, one morning, the people found . sian
tackled upon the trunk Of the tree, which
bore these words in rather rude letters
What Cut me down ?" This simple appeal,
which seemed to come from the tree 1tyslf.
was % touching, and told 30 pathetic story,
that the people became very much interested
and raised % many protests against the de-
gtruction Of the tree, that the selectmen
changed their minds. 1t still stands and
thrives.
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In . Massachusetts, town there ars two
young oolorsd men, educated in the public
schools and "well brought up" who prob
ably bear the most peculiar Christian names.
Il they can be called Christian names at all.
that have been worn since the Puritan times.
turs . names in baptism, such g Fsht.the.
Good Fight Smith. 6hun-ths. .Ways-of-Eyil
Jones and Pray With0ut-C Ceasing johnson.
The name Of one Of these young men g
AImy-of-the-P Potomac Johnson-we give an
and Of the other, Ninth Corps johnson.
Both were born during the civil war.
when their father served for q time with The
Ninth Corps OF the Army Of the Potomac.
He va anxious TO give his sons patriotic
name, suited 70 the stirring times. and 20
named them eftsr what were 70 him, the
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m L1eHrER VEIN.
no sAa 10 SUCCESS.

"What . pitiable sight blind man is, to
be surel" remarked Mrs. Fangle; "nearly
all avenues oftrade are closed to him."
"0h. no." replied Fang1e, cheerfully, zone
Of the most successful business men in the
city ID Q blind man."
"Ynu surprise mel What business is he
inr'
He 10 Wholesale dealer in window cur
tains," replied the bad man, y he moved
out Of range.
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hung on the racks to be dried by the sun.
These stands are plain "two-story" Or.
rangements and usually hold six poles of
macaroni on tier. On these racks out
in the sun, amid flies and dust, the maca.
roni hangs all day, blowing in the wind
and hardening by the suns rays.
This is uncooked macaroni. To see It
cooked in true Neapolitan style you must
go to house and watch the people eat it.
The srt of eating macaroni Is great one,
and 1t is with true delight that the ma.
tives will show you how to do II. Good
macaroni is luxury here, and like every.
where else, demand makes supply.
The demand to see macaroni eaters by
tourists has started this class. Now, you
can pay a fee and see the rather disa.
greeable sight. Some of these combine
other business with that of macaroni
eating. For instance, you can buy fish
or fruit and see the family enjoy their
dejeuner at the same time.
Passing by the macaroni in your
drive from the city you will come across
beggars-increasingi in the ratio of the
distance you leave the town proper. All
along the road is continuous line of
houses, but all different towns and called
by different names.
Beggars of all kinds and classes
besiege you, and go to all sorts of ex-
tremes to entice few pence from your
pocket. The children Of this class are
particularly dirty and persistent, and
are up to all manner of tricks to engage
your attention.
But the beggars are not the only peo-
pie one sees; if it were so you would soon
tire Of the ride. The people here, espe-
cially at this time of the year, seem to
live out of doors. They carry on their
business in the open street. They bar
gain and sell on the pavements; they
gossip and talk in the doorways. The
women seem to carry ON their own
housekeeping outside on the sidewalks.
The old women do much Of this work
because the young are either helping the
men or working in the fields. Now
and then you see a pretty girl
who seems to have withstood the hard
work and the hot sun. The girls of the
country dress differently from their sisters
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cOmmodated on
such q vehicle is:
Six on shafts, ten
on regular seats,
three on back seat
and two on step
behind-grand to-
tai, twenty-one.
This means "com-
fortab bly," but
generally there are
babies and children
crowded in, and Q
fair average on .
big day is twenty
five people for one
horse, and the way
that horse goes
would make an
American car-horse
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ours.

Goes without ssying-s dumb tramp.
Birds Of prey arc very talonted creatures.
1t seems unnecessary, but all of George
Augustus Sala's articles are signed &C. A. s."
A Michigan woman has kicked bear to
death. Tho "bear" probably refused to get
her new summer bonnet.
People who live in fats prefer the old f.
mflia. motto spelled In this way. Home,
6nite Home" WIS.
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The stsifb for rank and precsdsnos In
social circles b - 6srcs In small Villages q
tn TIE lsyge cities. Two young women were
discusdne The claims Of Q candidate Tor the
highet social houoFu In the circle e vhich
they bScngsd. One Of them said:
"Hsys yeu hss!d about Naegis De
''Oh, indeed hayeP'
"WQn't she give herself airs nowr'
"Qf ooutoo abe will don't suppose shSu
con0ncend TO uotico " common girls noW.n
.0h "0h mPHoss not; shs always ia think
-Jsssia1t oves the Ggls in tks new pjcEle ~.
sosy. t6GSn s no living In the isms town
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-07
AMONG HUMORISTS.
MEN WHO LIVE ny EXCHANGING
0nINs TOn GUINEAs.

Sketches Of Some Of the Noted Laugh.
makers Of the Day Odd Fancies In Max
ing Money-The Success OF Hfiss pelling-
Foundation Of American Wit and Humor.
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And . Sweet Girl oraduasei !

At the graduation exercises OF the Oincin-
natl Wesleyau college one ofths slxteen yollna
lady graduates deliberately stole TEN a. n
teen q the handsome aorl piecss lntepsIsl
rumpus that the sih was compsIled q -.
bAck a0me q the 00wo11. ol1ho,rk ~ SiI
hes several desiGns not ko1on1l1S - 49,
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wAYs1DE WISDOM.
SIXTY SECONDED.

Ar. ssooNDhD.
inenceiorn win pain and anguish rife,
Inc Gays OF one accused OF crime;
Because, the minutes sad of life
Are always seconded by time.
~ eAcnange speaks OF mans shivering
'ne Po'ns OF q pistoi.' Truly 1t is freez-
ahs point.
A.o-.,.t LII, .o.,.
ro,rt - ;r...... .,;."..S..a oo. o'o"'
rors 49,, ~. ro,,.,.sa. I ..
The -t ns-t,n.rrs - na os th. .no" ",,...
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wHY BE FAVORED IT.

"Are you In favor Of prohibition ?" asked
. man ON the cars Of his seat-matc.
In favor Of prohibition ?" replied the lat
tsr; II should just say am. Why, man,
keep drug store"
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A New York paper tells "How to get rich, /"
and the hrst direction Is. Live up to your
eneaeement.", We know Q man in Boston
Who lived up to bis engagement and now he
has family OF seven, threadbare suit,
twenty seven cents In his pocket and NOTHING
In the bank. .--6omssvills JesrnaI.
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of the big city. The wo-
man of the city takes the
greatest pride in her
coiffure. She has q most
astounding way of fixing
her hair. When dressed she
presents a curious appear
ance. Her sister in the
country, however, is differ
ent. She arrays herself with
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E4Gse marriage the question girl ssks
hes teyx Mft> len b "Ds yos really IoYo
i: i: y s 4: n r ssss:;s. ss e:sS3x' = r.
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JOySu ~
they will applaud and encore
themselves. But, alas II the artistic
on the stage does not sing we'll
or know her music, the audience
will stop her and make her begin
all over again. Naturally these
Interruptions delay the performance
ofttimes until way after midnight.
But what the people enjoy are the
strolling bands Of musicians. | saw
one scene of the kind where the
audience was composed of monk, a
soldier, with his hat and feathers, a
fisher In his white clothes and bare feet,
two workmen enjoying their glass and
Q smoke, an old street vender, and
two children. In the distance through
the doorway ! could see Vesuvius,
always smoking. The musicians played,
Sang and danced, and the sight was
well worthy Of stopping to see.
JOHN 8. 6HRIvER.
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t6Dectat OorresDondsnee.1
NAPLES, June 10.
DoU NAV

w Mny
think this initial
letter an exaggera-
tion, but any day
on the road from
Naples to Pompeii
you will see dozens
hundreds l was
about to write
of just such spec
A--1-x q.
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NEAPOLITAN SCENES.
THE LAND OF DARK.EYED BEAU.
TIES AND MUs1CIANs.

A Good Many Passengers for One Horse
to Draw-Festoons Of 1Iacaroni Along
the Roadside-Types Of Beauty-Ths
National Love for Song and Dance.
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BAB'S GOSSIP.
THE LATEST wHIMs OF FASHION
AND FADs OF SOCIETY.

Light Jackets Already Out Of styIe-Mrs.
Langtry's New Wraps from worth-Mau.
rice Bernhardt's Departure-sara's Too
Rosy Lips-Dramatic Personals.
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A new use for the tobacco plant has bean
discovered. lts stems and waste, Il 4 claimed.
ere 9Rpai 70 linen rassin the manufActurs q
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noLLiN0 IN WEALTH.

c. NJ. Q.
Now let me see, how
n, z AsN with n ali Il these Ds things
~Hk&A ZA6 *. I'm getting;
q ... Upon their nests are
setting.
THERE do you hear my chanticleer
Upen the fence q crowing2
There's four, five, six, young little chicks,
Already Matched and growing.
Ayoung pup have, and O, myl
But he 10 fat and funny,
There's seven, eight, nine nice eggs are
mine,
o, Pll make lots of money.
I'm bay dress and hat. guess,
And such lovely bonnet,
With birds and things, and colored wings,
And ribbons fastened on It.
And that's not all parasol,
With handle silver mounted;
30 many rings and pretty things,
They never can be counted.
IN buy horse and cart, Of course,
A house and lot and stable;
And then I'll call my friends, 30 all
Nay sit about my table
o, mel o, my! What won't buy?
There's really no telling;
Because you know young chicks will
grow,
And eggs are always selling.
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are passionately fond of
music, though to 60 to
the theatres to hear an
opera is far from pleasant
for an American. Why?
Because If the people
In the theatre take a
fancy to an aria or solo
and they happen to know
1t, first one man among
them starts helping the
singer on the stage, then
others in the audience
follow suit until all
of them are singing
! and the voice of
| the poor artist is
lost in the tumult.
Then when the aria
is over and the audi
--.L
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simplicity, and as she has beauty and
freshness, one cannot, as he sees her sit.
ting in the doorway of her home as he
rides along, but say she is the best look
ing.
But work does not seem to hurt the
Italian girls. They do everything a man
does in the way of labor, and seem to
grow fat. Here is picture of
Neapolitan water girl, who looks as
buxom and healthy as one could wish.
She has her earthen water jar with her,
and 1t looks large enough
to make many a man weaken
to think Of carrying it for
my distance, yet these girls
do it with the greatest ease.
4 But 1t is not all work and
II no play for the people of Ma
II pies. They, like all Italians.
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there was NO steady occupation for him but
ON the Newspaper press. He commenced
the negro dialect articles which were after
ward taken up by young man in the Same
oface with him, Mr.. Harris. emalrs arti.
cles were short, pungent and odd. When he
failed TO furnish them . modest young man
as one Of the neighboring desks was asked
70 continue them. This man possessed an
other quality very easential to : real humor-
- and yet not much employed by ours. He
had pathos: he was also an inquisitive stu
dent Of the dmplest natures in men or
things. He therefore. having something out
ads Of the timekilling world to inspire him,
has survived and CONTINUES to give delight.
But II b noticed that he hardly ever eoes
among crowds or accepts Of invitations TO
make speeches at dinners.
That dsvouring crowd which wants TO
handle IT. author and humorist always re-
minds me Of the boon who come into fine
pakior! and want TO break piece on the
brlc-arbrac In order toses WHAT Il d made Of.
Nearly every man with fine faculties In
him tor hterasy work b vulgArissd and
brukn by common CONTACTS.
NJ. Small bad N unhappy descent into
poyestV end distssn. He found his wav out
~ beooUiuG a exhoFtsr On religious mat-
lne. duSulaE eoaeluelon ~ nan Who
Md ua5o poop1o anilp I'D - happg.
IN e10oe = ~ Ameejeans = NJ ~ J;
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WOMEN IN MEMS CLOTHING.

GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND,
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PT0me, anu tnls 10 Q good melOdrama,
making one think how never ending h
the charm of that wonderful book and
fully appreciate the truth of the rhyme
No doubt we'll have endless progressions
OF patriarchs, sages and sees,
But amid apostolic SUGGESTIONS,
We shall pine for the Three Musketeen.
THE Highest Bidder" owes its success
not only to the fact that II is q clean.
bright play, full Of wit and merriment,
but especially to the personality of Mr..
Edward Sothern. He is young, an ad-
mirable quality In '.jeune prsmser," he
speaks with the utmost distinctness.
and thoroughly enters into his work, so
that not the smallest detail is forgotten.
never saw his father, but / have that
something we vaguely call an intuition,
and believe that the son is better than
the father. This, by the people who
write "reminiscences, might be counted
rank heresy, but the woman of to-day ia
nothing unlessNshe has an opinion of her
own.
The white muslin parasols are being
very incorrectly carried on the street
and In carriages in the park; they are
intended simply and solely for out of
town, and should under no cfrcumstancee
ce used IN any place In the least suggest
White cloth tailor suits arc smart to
s EsaF when driving In . high cart q any
kino. Han.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-08
an Old wrangIe Settled.

BALTIMORE, Md, June 1.-THE Cele-
brated case CT the Western Union Tele-
graph Company vs.. the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, involving title
to the telegraph lines along the Baltimore
and Ohio Railway between Baltimore and
WHEELING, was settled IN March, 1854, by
Chief Justice Waite in favor ofthe city by
the Western Union Telegraph Comaauy,
which company owned Il majority Of the
stock of the Western Telegraph Com
pauy. The gist of Chief Justice
WGite's decision three years
ago was TO the effect
that the charter of the Western Tele-
graph Company had expired by limitation
in 1857. That Company recently sought
to reopen this case on the ground that
the Western Telegraph Company being
the company with which the original con
tract with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
way Company in 1851 was made was en-
titled to the present property; that is,
the poles, wires, etc, belonging to the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway, although
the contract with the Baltimore and Ohio
Railway Company was admitted TO De at
an end. The case was deliberately pre-
pared by the Western Union attorneys,
and considered for many days by Judge
Phelps in the superior court of Balti-
more city. Judge Phelphs on Saturday
last terminated the case, dismissing the
same and assessing the costs upon the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-08
THR1R KNowLEpGE CONFIRMED.

Mount Vernon Herald: Fort Worth has
long been reputed for her enterprise.
Every person who has visited Texas from
othersstates for the past ten years felt
liksSHis visit was not completed if he did
not see Fort Worth. For several years
back she has been known by the press
boys of this state as the coming city of
Texas, and the meeting last week has
confirmed that knowledge to an undis-
putabie reality.
Her uADounded hospitality is alone
equal to her indomitable courage and Gu
terprise.
There were nearly 100 editors at the
meeting who saw (theY now are bound to
seeJ that Fort Worth is at least the center
of Texas enterprise, and is nov in posi-
ton TO lead the advance corps in the
"even and Symmetrical! development Of
the state"